However, the father-of-two's fancy new schnoz didn't quite get the reaction you might expect from his in-laws. In fact, they barely noticed anything had changed.

Mike Tindall's famously crooked nose pictured before it was straightened earlier this year. (Getty)
"I would say that I had it done six weeks before anyone actually noticed," Tindall tells Hello! magazine.

"It was fine, exactly the reaction I wanted."

So, yes, even the royals fail to notice details like a family member's most significant facial feature completely changing shape.

Tindall, whose second daughter Lena Elizabeth was born last month, says he underwent the surgery to fix problems with his sinuses.

Mike Tindall, his daughter Mia, and his brand new nose pictured in Wales last week. (Getty)
"I was getting a lot of headaches and my sinuses were fully shut, so he had to drill me some new ones," he explains.

These comments mark the first time Tindall has publicly spoken about the surgery, after fans noticed his nose was visibly straighter at an event in April.

It was reported he had a second procedure to "fine tune" the surgeon's work.

The former England rugby captain once admitted he didn't actually want to fix his distinctive nose, but was coming around to the idea because it impacted his ability to breathe.

“I guess it's something similar to a pug," he told The Mirror, alluding to the respiratory troubles pug dogs are known to have.

"The problem is that if I get it done, will people say I've had it just because I'm doing TV stuff now? Because it's definitely not."

Princess Anne wanted Mike Tindall to fix his nose before he married Zara Phillips. He didn't. (Getty)
While Tindall's famous mother-in-law might be miffed he didn't straighten it when she asked him to - because she was concerned about how it would look in the wedding photos - he had good reason for it.

At the time, the athlete was busy preparing for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, and was concerned about the possibility of yet another broken nose.

Tindall copped his first broken nose at the ripe old age of five, headbutting the steering wheel of a dodgem car after his seatbelt came loose.

Hopefully his own children, Mia and Lena, have a little more luck when it comes to their noses.